Joomla on windows platform? YES! You can now install your favorite CMS on your window based computer, Here is the details;
Install Joomla! for Windows
Joomla! is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla! the most popular Web site software available. Joomla! also runs great on the Microsoft Web Platform. Microsoft is teaming up with the Joomla! community to make using Joomla! on Windows even easier and Microsoft along with its hosting partners is working to make hosting Joomla! on Windows a great choice for everyone.
The Microsoft Web Platform Installer will download any
pre-requisites and then install WebMatrix and Joomla!
for you. Just click Install and we’ll handle the rest.
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Microsoft WebMatrix makes it easy for anyone to create a Joomla! site. Joomla! available from the Web Application Gallery is fully tested to run on WebMatrix. Customize your site easily and then publish it on the internet from a wide choice of hosting service providers.
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- WebMatrix makes creating a Joomla! site easy. WebMatrix will download, install and configure the latest version of Joomla! for you automatically.
- WebMatrix provides everything you need including the web server, MySQL, and PHP. It also includes our URL Rewrite module for “Pretty Permalinks” in Joomla! and WinCache to ensure your Joomla! site runs fast on Windows.
- By using the same stack on your development desktop that you’ll use on the server that hosts your clients’ site, the process of going live is painless and worry free.
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- WebMatrix lets you customize your Joomla! site. The lightweight editor supports HTML, CSS and PHP and makes you more productive with features such as color coding and tag completion.
- WebMatrix provides editing capabilities for your SQL Server database allowing you to modify your schema or edit data directly if needed.
- WebMatrix provides a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) report that crawls your local site. WebMatrix and gives you specific feedback to ensure your site is easily indexed by all the major search engines.
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- WebMatrix makes it easy to publish your site to a hosted server. WebMatrix supports the standard FTP and Secure FTP protocols as well as Microsoft’s WebDeploy protocol.
- WebDeploy makes publishing even easier by automatically configuring your server first as well as smartly deploying only the files that have changed for any updates. WebDeploy can even synch your development machine with your live site.
- Best of all WebMatrix includes a Hosting Gallery with great offers for hosting on Windows. Get the best deals for hosting Joomla! on Windows right inside WebMatrix itself.
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New to Joomla!?
Microsoft and the Joomla! community are teaming up to provide definitive and deep guidance on configuration and tuning of Joomla! on the Microsoft Web Platform. If you are looking for detailed technical information for Joomla! and IIS, visit the Joomla! & IIS page on Joomla! Docs. If you have questions on running Joomla! on Windows and IIS visit the Joomla! on IIS Forums
New to PHP on Windows and IIS?
There is a wealth of information for learning more about running Joomla! or any PHP-based website on the Microsoft Web Platform including features and information on FastCGI, WinCache, PHP Manager and running PHP applications in our cloud platform, Azure. Plus links to detailed articles for users who want to get the ultimate performance from their Joomla! sites on Windows. Visit our PHP on Windows page to learn more.
Have questions on WebMatrix or need assistance?
If you have questions on running Joomla! with WebMatrix or are having trouble visit the WebMatrix Forums and connect directly with the community of users using WebMatrix and the Microsoft engineers who created it. We’re always on and ready to help.
Source: Joomla.org
